Ex-NFL running back Lawrence Phillips charged with killing cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison
09/02/2015 10:32 am PDT
via KERO :
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- (KERO) -- Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips has been charged with murder in the death of his cellmate at a Central California prison.
Phillips is suspected of killing 37-year-old Damion Soward at Kern Valley State Prison in April. Officials determined Soward was strangled.
The Kern County district attorney's office says the 40-year-old Phillips faces a first-degree murder charge.
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